beeky
Member
Hi all,
I'm currently using "fine black river gravel" over tropica substrate and in short, I don't like it. I don't like the gravel as it's not particularly black and it's not particularly fine either. I also don't like the tropica. It seems to grow plants well (or maybe that's just me ), but every time I remove something it creates great clouds of silt everwhere like smoke that takes ages to clear.
So, what do I want? Well, I want something finer than gravel, like sand. I also want something that doesn't take hours or days to clear when I move something. I used to have silver sand over pond soil and that worked fine, a little cloudiness at first but it soon settled. I could go the same route again, but I'm thinking of AS. I'm not sure I want the 'normal' type as I like the way certain fish sift through the sand, so perhaps the powder? What I'm not sure about though is what the powder is like when it's disturbed, and if I use it to cap the 'normal' stuff, will it gradually fall down between the larger bits and disappear? It's too expensive to use on it's own.
Are there any other alternatives?
The tank will be medium light with injected CO2. Nothing overly fancy (no carpet plants for instance).
I'm currently using "fine black river gravel" over tropica substrate and in short, I don't like it. I don't like the gravel as it's not particularly black and it's not particularly fine either. I also don't like the tropica. It seems to grow plants well (or maybe that's just me ), but every time I remove something it creates great clouds of silt everwhere like smoke that takes ages to clear.
So, what do I want? Well, I want something finer than gravel, like sand. I also want something that doesn't take hours or days to clear when I move something. I used to have silver sand over pond soil and that worked fine, a little cloudiness at first but it soon settled. I could go the same route again, but I'm thinking of AS. I'm not sure I want the 'normal' type as I like the way certain fish sift through the sand, so perhaps the powder? What I'm not sure about though is what the powder is like when it's disturbed, and if I use it to cap the 'normal' stuff, will it gradually fall down between the larger bits and disappear? It's too expensive to use on it's own.
Are there any other alternatives?
The tank will be medium light with injected CO2. Nothing overly fancy (no carpet plants for instance).